Railway accessory



March 24, i925.

H. E. BILLMAN RAILWAY ACCESSORY Filed April 14, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet lVH. E

, RAILWAY ACCESSORY .y BILLMAN Filed April 14, 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 jectswill be inl part obvious and in part Patented Mai. a4, 19.25. i

UNITED@ STATE-s PATENT orifice."

STP-UGTION COMPANY,

l HENRY n. BILLMAN, ons'r. LoUIs, viiIIssoUaI, knssrfmofia'To`INnUsTRIAnInAcK-conor' sr. Louis, MIssoURI, a conronArIoN or MISSOURI.

i RAILWAY ACCESSORY.

Application med april 14, Y1922. 'serial No. 552,554.

tion may be noted the provision of a simple and inexpensive apparatusfor e cutting for' surfacing railway ties and the like; and

the provision of a rapid and eiiicient appara-v tus of the above typethat is lat once adaptable to varying service requirements, andeconomical of time and power. Other obpointed out hereinafter. y y

The invention accordingly consists of the elements and combinationsofelements, features of construction, and arrangement ofparts whichywillbe exemplified in the structure hereinafter the application of .whichwill beindicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in` which is shown one of various possibleembodiments of the invention` Fig. 1 is a* plan, with parts broken away;Fig. 2-is a-vertical longitudinal'section on the Vline Q-QofFig 1;

'.Fig. 3 is a plan, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is an end elevation; y

, Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line'5-5 of Fig. 3;f-

` Fig.` 6 is a bottom view of the cutter; c

Fig. 7 is va fragmentary section on the line 7--7 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary transverse elevation of the cutter and adjacentparts; and

views of the drawings. v

Referring now more particularly to Figs.

1 to 5 of the drawings7 there is illustratedat 1 a railwiay motor carhaving wheels 3 A adapted to run on the track rails 5 and 7.

The usual brakes 9, controlled by-apedal 11, are provided.

Power for propelling the1 car' is derived described andthe scope of.l

Y horizontal member 54 of a U-'frame 55.,

' rails.

from an engine13, here'shown as of the in ternal combustion type andadapted to rotate the engine shaft 15 carrying at its rear y i .y

end a rear disc 17, the forward face of whichV wheel 197 shiftabletransversely of the car by means ofthe handl grip 21 in order to` varythe transmission ratio to the'lcar wheels. "The friction wheel 19 issplined to a transverse shaft 23v carrying a sprocket 25 which serves,through the chain 27, to drive a sprocket 29 on therear axle 31 of thecar. The engine thus serves tol drive the car at a speed dependent uponthe kpositio-n of the vfriction wheel 19 with respect tothe frictiondisc 17. vThe friction disc and wheelserve kis. adaptedtobe engagedbythe friction also as a clutch between the engine and the l rforwardaxle. For this purpose the transverse yshaft 23 has eccentricallykmounted within it a clutch shaft 33y (Fig. 1). The clutch yshaft isrotated by means of aclutch handle 35 (Fig. 1)..

lExtending toward theffront )from the front end of the right side sill49 (Figs. 2 and 3) 52 to receive a vertical bolt -53'which also passesthrough an aperture in' the upper bolt passes downwardly through theupper and lower pulleys 57, 59, thence downwardly through an aperture 61inv a brace bar 63 bolted y to the right side vsill 49, thence throughan aperture 65in the lower horizony tal member 67 of the U-frame 55. Anut 69, locked on thebolt by suitable means such as a cotter pin`71y(Fig. 2) retains the several parts in their proper relative positions.

- This mounting of the U-fra-me'ypermits oscillation about the bolt 53as a vertical axis. In Fig. 3, and in solid lines in Fig. 1, the frameis shown parallelto-theftrack The dottedy lines in Fig. 1 indicate aposition ofthe frame when. it has been swung outwardly with respect tothe track rails.

Mounted upon the upper horizontal mem ber 54 of the frame and vextendingparallelv thereto in a direction` away from the car body lisi-a handle73 pivoted to said member at 74and bifurcated as indicated in Figs. 1and 3 to form afsupport for a shaft 7 5 carrying links 7,7 extendingdownwardly to a collar 7 9rotatably mounted `jupon a reduced is ahorizontal bar 51 apertured at' The `porti-on 81 ofja vertical shaft 83c-arrying'fat ,menare scribed, the severaljobjectsedf die invention areachieved and 'other advantageous results attained. v p y i l As lmanychanges eoul'djbe'madeyn carryfin'g l'out the above 'constructionwithout parting from the scope ofthe inventiornit is intended that allmatter co'n'tainedin the above description or "shown-'t'hefacjcompanying drawings lshallfbeginterpreted'as illustrative andnot in alim'iting sense.

I claim:

1. In apparatus of the class described, a unit adapted to be attached to'a railway motor car and having a critter adap-ted tov be driven fromthe car' engine and adapted to cut the surface of ties, the car wheelson the saine side as the unit having elongated treads. p

2. In apparatus ofthe class described, a unit adapted to be attached toa railway motor car and having a cutter adapted to be driven from thecar engine and adapted to cut the surface of ties, the car wheels on thesame side as the unit having elongated treads, whereby the. car may berun upon a section of track where. a rail has been moved outwardly fromnormal position, the lcutter head being of such size and so inclined asto fit under the inner row o-f spikes and to cut away the surface of theties.

3. In apparatus vof the class described, a unit adapted to be attachedto a railway motor car and having a cutter adapted to be driven from thecar engine and adapted to cut the surface of ties, the cutter head beingof such size and so inclined as to lit under the inner row of spikes andto cut away the surface of the ties, and means for moving the cutterhead transversely of the track.

,4. In apparatus of the class described, ay

unit adapted to be attached toa railway moto-r car and having a cutteradapted to be driven Vfrom the car engine and adapted to cut the surfaceof ties, the cutter head being of such size and so vinclined as to fitunder the inner row of spikes and to cut away the surface of the ties,and means for varying the inclination of the cutter head with respect tothe plane of the rails.

In vapparatus of the class described, a unit adapted to be attached to arailway motor car and having a cutteradapted to be driven from the carengine and A`adapted to cut the surface of ties, the cutter head beingof such size and so inclined as to fit under the inner row of spikes andto cut away the surface of the ties, and means for moving the cutterhead vertically.

6. In apparatus of the class described, a

unit adaptedk to be attached to a railway motor car and having a cutteradapted to be driven from the car engine and adapted to cut the surfaceof ties, the cutter head being of such size and so inclined as to litunder the inner 4'row ofjspikesvand :tocut a'wa the' 'surface 'ofthet-ie's", nieans'for movingt i'ey 'cutter head transversely foftlietracl, 'and meansf'or varying the in'clin'ation' "of 'the cutterlhead of therails. I

In apparatus 'Jett' the. class described, 'a uni-t adapted to beattached to a railway motor ca'r andl having* a cut/ter 'ad'aq'ted 'toto cut the surface of ties, the car wheels on the same side as the unithaving elongated treads, one or more of the car wheels 0n the other sidehaving double flanges, whereby the car may be run upon a section oftrack where a rail has been moved outwardly from normal position, thecutter head being of such size and so inc-lined as to fit under theinner row of spikes and to cut away the surface of the ties, means for`moving the cutterhead transversely of the track, means for moving thecutter head vertically, and means for varying the inclination of thecutter head withv respect to the `plane ofthe rails.

,8. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a railway motorcar, the wheels on one side thereof having double flanges, the wheels onthe other side thereof having tre-ads wide enough to rest upon a railthat has been moved outwardly for resurfacing of ties or replacementwhile one rail is in normal position,` means located approximately inthe plane of the normal position of the shifted'rail, for resurfacingties while the ties are inv position upon the road bed, said meanscomprising a cutter head, a shaft on which the cutter head is mounted,means for driving the shaft from thevengine of the car, means forshifting the cutterk head transversely of the track, means for shiftingthe cut-ter. head vertically, means for varying theV angle between theplane of the cutter head and the plane of the track rails, and means forsecuring the cutter head in desired spaced relation with respect to theother rail, the cutter head being of such size and so inclinedk as tooperate beneath the heads of the inner row of spikes while the latterare iny position.

9. In apparatus of the class` described, in combination, a `unitattached to a railway motor car at one side thereof approximately inline with one of the track rails, said unit comprising a frame adaptedto be oscillated transversely ofthe track, the frame carrying a shaftdriven from the vcar engine, a gaining cutter on said shaft, means forshifting the cutter vertically, means for limiting the upward movemento-f the cutter and means for varying the inclination of the 'cutter withrespect-to the plane transverse of the track rails. f y v 10. Inapparatus of the class described, in combination, a railway motor carwith be driveirfrom the I'car y'engine "and ladapted with respect to theplane fr0 double flanged wheels on one side and single flanged WideWheels on the other side, a1 cutter head adjacent the latter and adaptedto resurface ties While the ties are in position upon the road bed andWhile the adjacent rail is moved outwardly from normal position, saidsingle-flanged Wheels having treads Wide enough to rest upon saidshifted rail during said resurfacing operation,

10 means for adjusting the cutter head vertically and angularly withrespect to the plane of the track rails, adjustable meansy for limiting`the upward move-ment of the cutter head, and means for lsecuring thecutter head in adjusted position transversely of t-he track. y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this12th day of April, 1922.

HENRY E. BILLBAN.

